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CIGAR HOLDER. No, 603,051. Patented Apr.'26, 1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Enron.

WALTER lV. BAHAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE W.CLARK, OF SAME PLACE.

CIGAR-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,051, dated April26, 1898.

Application filed April 21, 1897.

To all whens it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER W. BAHAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Cigar-Holder, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in cases or holders forcigars, and has for its object to provide a device of this character ofa simple and inexpensive nature, adapted to be carried inside the hat ofa smoker, so as to be in position for convenient use, the cigars beingat the same time kept concealed from view and out of the way from beingcrushed.

The invention consists in a cigar holder or case comprising a band to besecured inside the hat, an envelop for containing cigars, and a springconnection between the envelop and said band, said spring being adaptedto hold the envelop in place in the band in the hat and being alsoadapted to place the sides of said envelop under tension, so as to holdthe cigars in place therein.

The invention also contemplates certain novel features of theconstruction, combination, and arrangement of the various parts of theimproved cigar holder or case whereby certain important advantages areattained and the device is made simpler, cheaper, and otherwise betteradapted and more convenient for use, all as will be hereinafter fullyset forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in theclaims.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I have shown inthe accompanying drawings two embodiments thereof, in which drawings-Figure l is aview of a hat, showing my improved cigar case or holder inplace thereon; and Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken through the hat andprovided with myimproved case or holder. Fig. 3 is a view showing thesupporting-band and spring connection of the device, the envelop beingremoved. Fig. 4 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 2, but illustratin ga modified arrangement of the parts.

Referring first to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, 1 indi- Serial No. 633,148. (Nomodel.)

cates the hat, herein shown as provided with a sweat-band 2 in theordinary way, and 3 indicates the supporting-band of the improved cigarcase or holder, said band being constructed, by preference, of a narrowstrip of elastic or spring metal bent to conform to the inside of thecrown of the hat and having its end portions 4 4. adapted to be insertedbetween the inside of the hat and the said band 2 thereof, as shown inthe sectional view, Fig. 2.

In order to hold the band 3 in place at the upper portion thereof, Isecure a cross-piece 5 thereto by means of a rivet or other fasteningdevice, said cross-piece having its ends arranged to extend at rightangles beyond the side edges of the central portion of thesupporting-band 3, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, and the rivet 6, whichforms the means of attachment of the cross-piece 5 to thesupporting-band 3, is also employed for securing to the opposite face ofsaid supporting-band a strip of resilient material-such, for example, asspring metal-having its opposite ends bent downward or away from thesurface of the supporting-band 3, as indicated at 7 in Fig. 2, andprovided at their extremities with loops or eyes 8, wherein are held theopposite edge portions of the envelop 9, formed, by preference, offlexible material-such, for example, as leather or clothand having apocket 10 formed within it to receive the cigars, as indicated at 11 inthe drawings.

In order to reinforce the opposite edges of the envelop 9, wherein thecigars are held, which edges are connected With the eyes or loops 8 ofthe spring-arms 7 of the elastic connection between the envelop and thesupporting-band 3, I provide said edges of the envelop with a binding,which may be of cloth or other material, as shown at 12 in the drawings,and in said binding, at opposite sides of the envelop, I arrangereinforcing wires or strips 13, with the central portion of which,

the eyes or loops 8 of the elastic or spring arms are engaged, as shownclearly in Fig. 3. In order to provide means for holding partlyburnedcigars, I provide the supporting-band 3 with one or more clips 14, ofspring material, having cnrved arms adapted to embrace the oppositesides of the cigar, as indicated in Fig. 1.

.From the above description it will be seen that the improved cigar caseor holder is of an extremely simple and inexpensive nature and isespecially well adapted for use, since it permits the cigars to be heldin the hat so V the envelop, so asto hold the cigars securely J in thepocketthereof.

tion shown in Fig. at may be adopted.

shown in this view, the supporting band or The spring clip or clips 14,provided on the supporting-band 3, also'forma convenient meansforholding partly-burnedcigars, as will be readily understood.

It will also be obvious from the above description that the invention issusceptible'of considerable modification without material departure fromits principles and spirit, and

rangement of the several parts, herein set forth. For example, ifdesired, the construc- 1&3

strip 16 of the device is held in place at its op posite ends by meansof tubular rivets or eyelets 17, passing through the crown of the hatand forming ventilators for the interior there of in a well-known way,and instead of employing a spring connection, such as is shown in Fig.1, the connection 18 is formed of springwire held in place by loops 19,projecting from the under side of the supporting-band 16 and havingacentral spring-coil, the opposite ends of said spring-wire being bentdown and connected to the opposite edges of the envelop by means of eyes21, as clearly illustrated.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a holder for cigarsor other articles, the combination with a bow-shaped band, of acigar-carrying envelop separate from the band and arranged below ahorizontal part of the same, and a single spring attached centrally tosaid band and connected to said envelop, whereby the envelop in itsentirety is suspended by said spring from said band, as and for thepurposes described.

2. In a holder for cigars, or the like, the combination with asupporting-band, of a carrying-envelop separate from the band, and anattaching-spring connected to said band and arranged in connection withsaid envelop to normally place the same under transverse tension,whereby the envelop is adapted, by frictional engagement with itscontents, to hold the latter in place, as set forth.

3. In a holder for cigars or other articles,

the combination with a supporting-band, of a carrying-envelopprovided atits edge with a reinforcement wire or strip, and a' singleattaching-spring fastened to said band and de-. tachably connected tosaid strip or wire of the envelop,whereby the envelop may be removed inits entirety from the band and said spring, as'and for the purposesdescribed.

4. A holder or case for cigars or other articles comprising a band'to bearranged inside the hat, an envelop having a pocket to receive thecigars or other articles,'and spring-arms carried by the band andconnected at their ends to the edges of the envelop at opposite sides ofthe pocket thereof, said arms being arranged to hold thesides of theenvelop under tension to retain the cigars or other articles in placetherein, substantially asset forth.

5. In a holder for cigars, or the like, the combination with asupporting-banchof an open-ended envelop having its edges reinforced bya marginal wire, and attachingsprings fastened to said holder andengaging with said reinforcing-wires of the envelop to strain the lattertransversely, as and for the purposes described. 1 r

6. A holder for cigars and the like comprising an envelop having apocket for containing the cigars or other articles, a strip of springmaterial connected to the edge of the envelop on each side of saidpocket, and means for securing said strip inside the hat, said stripbeing arranged to hold the sides of the envelop under tension to retainthe cigars or other articles in the pocket, substantially as set forth.

7. As anew article of manufacture, aholder for cigars, and the like,comprising a supporting-band, an attaching-spring fastened, at a pointintermediate of its length, to said bar, and terminating, at its ends,in elastic arms which are free from engagement with said band, and anenvelop separate from the band and engaged, at its side edges, with theelastic arms of said attaching-spring, as set forth.

8. As a new article of manufacture, a holder for cigars, and the like,comprising a continuous supporting-band provided with the transverse bar5, a spring fastened centrally to the band and terminating in free,elastic arms, an open-ended envelop connected at its side edges to thefree ends of said spring, and a clip let attached to the band at oneside of the spring and the envelop, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

IVALTER W. BAHAN.

Witnesses:

WM. H. DEADY, JOHN J. RooHE.

